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!!Urgent!! Appraisal on a gently used Armstrong silver flute? With pictures?

Hi,

I’m desperate to sell this old flute of mine as I have no interest in playing it any more. My dad bought it used for me for band but I rarely played it outside of that and now I’ve dropped band. It was recently repaired for a missing screw and I believe all the pads were replaced when it was repaired.

It has a few dents on the mouth piece but they were on it when I bought it. I just spent about an hour cleaning it and buffing it with chrome polish… It looks great!

Please just tell me what this may be worth… I don’t mind if I have to sell it cheaper than what I bought it for… I just don’t need it any more.

http://i33.tinypic.com/rvklc1.jpg

The flash on my camera makes it look awful and scratched… It looks a hundred times better in person!!!

Hello SiS.

What you have is the basic beginner student model Armstrong flute which might sell for $350.00 if it were in perfect playing and perfect looking condition.

Dings and dents in a flute depreciate the instrument WAY down… because parents needing to buy a nice used instrument for their student evaluate the instrument by the way it looks. If an instrument looks banged up… it probably was not taken good care of and is probably not in very good playing condition either … according to their concept. Put yourself in their place and think whether you would spend $300-$350 on a banged up flute.

If you are wanting to sell the flute, I suggest you sell it as a marching flute…. which high school students are looking for to spare their concert flute from damage caused by everyday marching abuse. You should be able get $150.00 plus or minus by advertising it as a marching flute. Put up signs in the high school band halls or check with the band directors. – might even try Craigs List. Org in or near your city.

Now…. if you want to get more money for your flute…. you can take it in to the repair shop and get the dings and dents professionally removed. This may cost $30.00 but might bring you a bit more when parents come to look it over.

Hope that answered your question adequately.

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